Difference between revisions of "Nick's Homepage"

Revision as of 19:55, 11 May 2007

• Are you a Nick Jenkins or fagget ass bitch?
• Niseko Ski Diary.
• Résumé.
• Likes and Dislikes.
• Favourite Games.
• Thumb up or down: Things I'd like to see more of, and things I'd like to see less of.
• Random Thoughts.
• Quotes - Various quotes I saw and liked.
• I'd like to see that.
• Choosing a replacement Digital Camera.
• Diplomacy strategy tips. "First rule of Fight Club is ..."
• Social behaviour, or lack thereof.
• Notes on the LG WD-1435RD washer dryer.
• Links.

• Computers:
  • Things many web sites get wrong:
    • JavaScript links are evil.
    • Online stores should publish their shipping rates up front.
  • Comments or reviews on web sites or software:
    • Hoyts Website Sucks.
    • Review of TA Spring.
    • MSN maps gives impossible directions.
    • The decline of Google's search engine?
    • Comments on Gallery 2.0
  • Programming Languages:
    • Java's clone syntax seems to suck.
    • Ways that PHP4 sucks for work on non-trivial Object-Orientated problems.
    • Personal notes from when I was learning Java.
  • Linux:
    • My Linux Timeline.
    • Wish-list for Linux Distros.
    • Linux distro supported timeframes.
    • Why are some things so hard to configure in Linux?
    • No Microsoft End-game strategy for Linux.
  • Hardware:
    • My Desktop Hardware Upgrade Philosophy
  • Software Development
    • Random software development tips.
    • Maintaining software with the Swiss Cheese approach.
  • Misc:
    • MediaWiki parser and fuzz tests - technical, HTML compliance tests and fuzz tests, so probably not interesting to you.
    • MediaWiki code coverage howto - info how to gather code coverage data for parser tests.
    • Experiment with Suggestion Searching on Wikipedia.
    • Software features that I would like to see become standard.
    • Limitations of 32-bit machines.
    • "The best way to stop the distribution of a bit of software is to charge money for it".
    • Steps to getting spam under control.
    • TiVo amounts paid.
    • Technical problems with the Web.

If I've made a typo or grammatical or technical mistake please just correct it (you can edit all pages), or if you some thoughts on what I've written & want to share them, if you have an answer to a question I've asked, or whatever, then leave me a message.